Text in Afrikaans / Bophuthatswana het gedurende 1977 tot stand gekom as 'n onafhanklike staat. In die Grondwet daarvan is 'n uitvoerige menseregtehandves vervat wat as hoogste reg gegeld het - alle wetgewing in stryd daarmee was nietig. Die hoop was dat Bophuthatswana sou ontwikkel as 'n groeipuntvir die handhawing van menseregte in Suidelike Afrika. Aanvanklik het die howe gevolg gegee aan die bepalings van die menseregtehandves. Algaande is daar teruggekeer na 'n letterknegtige soeke na die wil van die wetgewer, wat daartoe gelei het dat die burger se menseregte deur die howe misken is. Die laaste beslissings van die howe verteenwoordig 'n terugkeer na die ware rol van die howe in 'n menseregtebestel. Die Wetgewende en Uitvoerende gesag was outokraties en het geen besef gehad van die essensie van menseregte nie. Die ondervinding in Bophuthatswana is grootliks dieselfde as elders in Afrika, waar menseregte vertrap is. Teen hierdie agtergrond word die grondwetlike toekoms van Suid-Afrika in oenskou geneem. / Bophuthatswana came into existence as an independent state during 1977. A justiciable bill of rights provided for judicial review. The hope existed that Bophuthatswana would be a growing point for the protection of human rights in Southern Africa. Although earlier judgments of the courts were promising and augured well for the future protection of human rights later judgments have reverted to the positivistic approach to constitutional interpretation. This led to the bill of rights being rendered inoperative. However, in the latest and most recent judgements there was a return to the bold and innovative interpretation of the first decisions. The legislative and executive branches of state was autocratic to the core as experienced elsewhere in Africa. The constitutional future of South Africa is evaluated against this background. / Law / LL.M.

Text in Afrikaans / Bophuthatswana het gedurende 1977 tot stand gekom as 'n onafhanklike staat. In die Grondwet daarvan is 'n uitvoerige menseregtehandves vervat wat as hoogste reg gegeld het - alle wetgewing in stryd daarmee was nietig. Die hoop was dat Bophuthatswana sou ontwikkel as 'n groeipuntvir die handhawing van menseregte in Suidelike Afrika. Aanvanklik het die howe gevolg gegee aan die bepalings van die menseregtehandves. Algaande is daar teruggekeer na 'n letterknegtige soeke na die wil van die wetgewer, wat daartoe gelei het dat die burger se menseregte deur die howe misken is. Die laaste beslissings van die howe verteenwoordig 'n terugkeer na die ware rol van die howe in 'n menseregtebestel. Die Wetgewende en Uitvoerende gesag was outokraties en het geen besef gehad van die essensie van menseregte nie. Die ondervinding in Bophuthatswana is grootliks dieselfde as elders in Afrika, waar menseregte vertrap is. Teen hierdie agtergrond word die grondwetlike toekoms van Suid-Afrika in oenskou geneem. / Bophuthatswana came into existence as an independent state during 1977. A justiciable bill of rights provided for judicial review. The hope existed that Bophuthatswana would be a growing point for the protection of human rights in Southern Africa. Although earlier judgments of the courts were promising and augured well for the future protection of human rights later judgments have reverted to the positivistic approach to constitutional interpretation. This led to the bill of rights being rendered inoperative. However, in the latest and most recent judgements there was a return to the bold and innovative interpretation of the first decisions. The legislative and executive branches of state was autocratic to the core as experienced elsewhere in Africa. The constitutional future of South Africa is evaluated against this background. / Law / LL.M.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:23:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Karla Karolina Harada Souza.pdf: 2129108 bytes, checksum: ff719bdc43601662ea972b632c84a035 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-10-07 / This dissertation aims to identify the environment as a fundamental human right, considering it as an extension of the right to life and inherent to the dignity of the human person. Initially, there was a discourse about human rights, and later on fundamental rights, analysing their concepts and understandings of various authors on the subject, and the implications of its legal status, so that reaching these definitions, we could qualify and conceive the right to the environment as a fundamental human right. Following, we spoke about the laws, international treaties and conventions regarding human rights and concerning to environmental protection, showing that in the present international legal system, these two subjects, namely, human rights and the environment, are treated separately, mainly due to the historical moment in which they were developed and drafted. We also examined the internalization and constitutionalising movements of these rights, and their hierarchy within the domestic laws of the countries. We also evaluated the treatment and the evolution of human rights in the international level, so that through a holistic understanding, we can say that considering the protection of the environment as a fundamental human right, the right to the environment should be protected more completely, especially at an international level. In the absence of a specific international courts and bodies for the protection of the environment, those rights could be brought before international courts and human rights organisms. Finally, after all the conceptual theories and studies on the understanding of the evolution and structure of the environment in the world s legal system, we support the interconnection of these objects, guaranteeing treatment, status and strength of a fundamental human right to the defence and protection of the environment / O presente trabalho tem como objetivo identificar o meio ambiente como um direito humano fundamental, considerando-o como uma extensão, parte do direito à vida e inerente à própria dignidade da pessoa humana. Inicialmente, falou-se sobre os direitos humanos e, posteriormente, sobre os direitos fundamentais, analisando os seus conceitos e os entendimentos de diversos autores sobre o assunto, bem como as implicações de sua natureza jurídica para que, alcançando estas definições, se pudesse qualificar e conceber o direito ao ambiente como direito humano fundamental. A seguir, discorreu-se sobre as legislações, tratados e convenções internacionais, que tratam dos direitos do homem e as que tratam da proteção do meio ambiente, mostrando que no presente ordenamento jurídico internacional, essas duas matérias, quais sejam, direitos humanos e meio ambiente, são tratadas separadamente, principalmente devido ao momento histórico, no qual se desenvolveram. Frisou-se, também, a internalização e os movimentos de constitucionalização destes direitos, e sua hierarquização dentro do ordenamento jurídico interno dos países. Destacou-se, ainda, o tratamento e a evolução dos direitos humanos no cenário internacional, a fim de que através de uma compreensão holística se possa afirmar que, compreendendo a proteção do meio ambiente como direito humano fundamental, o direito ao meio ambiente seria protegido e tutelado de forma mais satisfatória, principalmente em nível internacional, que, na ausência de cortes e organismos jurisdicionais específicos de meio ambiente, este possam ser levados perante as cortes e organismos internacionais de direitos humanos. Por fim, diante de toda a teoria conceitual, bem como diante da compreensão da evolução e estruturação do meio ambiente para o direito no mundo, compreende-se a interconexão dos objetos, conferindo tratamento, status e força de direito humano fundamental à defesa e proteção do meio ambiente